What prompted you, and the other filmmakers, to return your National Awards? We were hoping that someone would hear us, see the logic of the students’ protest, and then act on it constructively. Why did you take so long to join the agitation? If it (the act of returning the awards) was done earlier, someone would have said, “Why now?” Just like someone could say, … Continue reading Make FTII free of political influence, says Dibakar Banerjee

Prerna Gupta The #OccupyUGC protest enters its 9th Day today. Started in opposition to the University Grant Commission’s circular scrapping non-NET scholarships, the movement by student has created ripples across India and students are coming out in support in other cities as well. The students have been agitating for last few days in Delhi and other parts of the country for reinstating the Non-NET Scholarships … Continue reading #OccupyUGC protest enters Day 9: the story so far in pictures

A huge number of students sitting outside UGC office, protesting against UGC’s decision to scrap away non-NET fellowship were brutally lathicharged and detained today, by a dictatorial force of Delhi Police, and CRPF. Around 15 students have been injured severely, including JNUSU’s president Kanhaiya Kumar. The torture did not stop there itself, but continued inside the bus, disobeying all custodian laws. Women students were beaten … Continue reading They say cut back, we say fight back: #OccupyUGC – Nikita Azad